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Mrs. Henderson ES
Vocbulary for the weathering unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the water cycle? | The water cycle is the model of circulation of water between the oceans, atmosphere, and land. |
| What is transpiration? | The process by which living plants release water vapor to the atmosphere. |
| What is infiltration? | Water the seaps into the ground. |
| What is groundwater? | Water that infiltrates the ground. |
| What does it mean to be permeable? | Ability of a soil to transmit water. |
| What does it mean to be impermeable? | Inability of soil to transmit water. |
| What is evaporation? | Change in phase of a liquid to a gas (vapor); also known as vaporization. |
| What is condensation? | Process by which a gas changes into a liquid; a way in which clouds form. |
| What is the water table? | The boundary at the top of the saturated zone within fractured bedrock or soil. |
| What is porosity? | The portion or perecent of empty space in fractured rock or soil; the volume of pore space in a material compared to its volume. |
| What is permeability? | How well rock or soil can transmit water. |
| What is run off? | Percipitation that is unable to infiltrate soil, so it moves overland into streams and rivers. |
| What is capillarity? | Ability of a soil to draw water upward into tiny pores. |
| What is capillary water? | Water held within the aerated zone of the soil above the water table. |
| What is a watershed? | Drainage basin; the geographic are in which water drains into a certain stream or other body of water. |
| What is retention? | The ability to hold water. |
| What does it mean to be arid? | To be dry; a climate in which there is little percipitation. |
| What is bedrock? | Solid layer of rock that extends into the Earth, is found beneath the soil. |
| What does it mean to absorb? | The ability to soak something up. |
| What is contamination? | When a substance that is unpure. |
| What is the zone of aeration? | Soil above the water tabel in which most of the interconnected pores are filled with air. |
| What is the zone of saturation? | Fractured rock or soil below the water table in which the pores are filled with groundwater. |
| What is water vapor? | Water in the form of gas. |
| What does it mean to be poruous? | Something with many holes and openings. |
| What is a tributary? | A small stream that flows into a larger river. |
| What are the steps in the water cycle? | Evaporation, transportation, condensation and precipitation. |
| State 3 ways that the rate of evaporation can be increased. | Uncovered, increased surface area, wind and higher temperatures. |
| How is condensation connected to the water cycle? | Clouds are formed by condensation and clouds play a large part in the water cycle. |
| What is the water table located between? | The zone of aeration and the zone of saturation. |
| Does sand or clay have a higher permeability? | Sand has large pores with little resistance. Clay has small not well connected pores. |
| What are some examples of contamination? | Pollution; such as garbage, green house gases and oil spills. |
| BONUS QUESTION: What are four evidence that the earth is round? | A ship at sea disappears at the horizon. Shadows on the moon are round, pictures from space and the force of gravity is nearly the same everywhere on the Earth. |
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Sarah and Maddie
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